February 4. After breakfast at the hotel, we drive approximately two hours to Guatapé, stopping en route for coffee, sausages, etc at roadside restaurant.
Guatapé is a picturesque lake town with zócalos, colorful designs of friezes on the lower parts of houses, and cobblestone streets. Many zócalos honor town traditions of fishing or […]
February 3
Flight from Miami to Medellin was uneventful. But the arrival was not, since, as I feared, my luggage did not make it. After all, they only had seven hours to transfer it in Miami. They say it’ll be here tomorrow. The email American sent told to me, “please remain confident that you will […]
February 2 In Miami now, having taken a short flight from Tampa. Good news is I was able to check my bag through to Medellin, and so won’t have to go through the hassle of claiming, rechecking and going through security at MIA, which is always a zoo. Now, whether my bag actually makes it […]
You probably wonder what the hell Carol and I do between trips. Answer: we take trips. For example, between our trip to Ecuador in June and the first of October, we were with our whole family in Grand Cayman over the Fourth for the third year in a row, we went up to Milwaukee to […]
June 24
Our last day. After breakfast, Carol decides to go to a nearby Pre-Colombian art museum. I opt to sit in the lovely Casa Gangotena hotel atrium, where I’m starting this final blog entry. Diana, who showed us around Quito on our first day is to pick us up at 10:45 for our 2:05 […]
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